Chapter 112 The Sick Girl's First Assistant's Sister-in-law (11)
Su Taoyao sat down and felt the sinister gaze from Ling Fei across from her. She raised her head and glanced at him, then looked away expressionlessly, lowering her eyes and only looking in front of her.
In addition to Ling Fei, those who had been staring at Su Taoyao were also the mighty generals under Prime Minister Su.
Prime Minister Su Zuo is a first-grade civil servant, and General Mighty is also a first-grade military attache. It is normal for two first-grade officials to sit next to each other.
But I don't know if it was a special arrangement by the Su family. Su Taoyao was sitting next to Mrs. Su, very close to the mighty general, with only an aisle in between.
Su Taoyao could clearly feel that the mighty general often glanced at her, oh no, it could even be said to be fair and honest.
Not to mention that his gaze was very vulgar, but it made people particularly uncomfortable anyway. It was the kind of gaze that looked at prey.
After a while, with the eunuch's announcement, the emperor and the queen finally arrived.
The spring hunting banquet officially begins at this time.
The emperor is a middle-aged man over fifty. He is not as majestic as described in various novels and TV series. He is just an ordinary middle-aged man, but he looks very energetic and strong.
It can be seen that he is very happy today. After sitting down, he said to everyone: "Today is the Royal Spring Hunting Conference held every three years in our Great Xia Dynasty.
There is no need for everyone to be restrained, there are not so many rules in the palace and court today, everyone does not need to be formal, just eat and drink and have fun!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The prince took the lead in standing up to salute, and everyone stood up one after another to salute the emperor and queen. After all, the emperor said there was no need to be formal, but they couldn't really have no rules at all.
However, after the emperor said this, the atmosphere at the Spring Hunting Banquet became much more relaxed.
After the prince and several princes toasted the emperor in the order of seniority and junior, the banquet became lively with changing glasses.
Everyone exchanged pleasantries while watching the song and dance performances arranged at the banquet.
If you look carefully, the relationship between everyone's greetings is also very interesting.
For example, those headed by the Prince Faction formed a small circle of their own, while the Third Prince's side was centered around Prime Minister Su Zuo.
Generally, this kind of circle is an upward party, and who is in it is fixed.
Tonight was a bit special. The mighty general Lei Zhen, who had always remained neutral before, took the initiative to toast Prime Minister Su Zuo.
The first thing he said was: "Mr. Su, it's rare to see you bringing your family to such a banquet. I'd like to give you this glass of wine first!"
After saying that, he glanced at Su Taoyao who was just a corridor away from him. He meant something, but didn't want to be too obvious.
Prime Minister Su Zuo picked up the wine glass and responded with a smile: "You are the mighty general. It is rare for you to return to Beijing for these days, so I should toast you with this glass of wine."
Mrs. Su and Prime Minister Su Zuo picked up the wine glasses together, and the three young masters and the second young lady next to them also picked up the wine glasses and followed. Su Taoyao had no choice but to ask the maid next to her to pour the wine, and stood up to toast.
During the toast, the mighty general's peripheral vision still lingered on Su Taoyao.
I don't know whether it was because everyone in Chunlie drank such strong wine, or because Su Taoyao just couldn't drink enough.
She felt that the glass of wine that the maid poured for her was extremely high in alcohol content, very strong, and it made her throat a little spicy when she drank it.
While drinking, she frowned slightly, but it was only for a moment, and she quickly covered it up and put down the glass like a normal person.
But many people noticed the small detail of her frown.
For example, the mighty general who had been staring at her from the corner of his eye, Mrs. Su sitting next to her, and Ling Fei sitting diagonally opposite her.
Ling Fei didn't know what his mentality was, but he couldn't help but look in Su Taoyao's direction.
Seeing her frowning while drinking, he sneered in his heart. Even though he was too drunk, he still drank with his family in order to curry favor with the powerful. He really despised himself.
Mrs. Su frowned slightly when she saw Su Taoyao finish her drink. After sitting down, she took several sips of water. She pretended to be concerned and asked, "Taoyao, are you okay? Do you think this wine is a bit strong?"
Su Taoyao nodded honestly: "It feels a bit too strong. Maybe it's because I don't drink much, so I'm a little overwhelmed by the alcohol."
Mrs. Su smiled and comforted: "There's nothing you can do about it. The wine at the Spring Hunting Banquet is so strong. It's normal that you don't know how to drink it. Just get used to it slowly. There are always toasts like this at banquets.
, you can’t lose the face of the Prime Minister’s Mansion.”
"Yes, my daughter knows." Su Taoyao nodded obediently again.
Miss Su Er, who was sitting behind her, taunted in a low voice with disdain: "I don't know how to drink fruit wine with this strength. I really can't stand on the stage."
"Rong'er, pay attention to your words and deeds." Mrs. Su glared at Su Ron'er.
Su Taoyao bit her teeth lightly in shame, but she didn't doubt his presence and didn't say anything.
After Mrs. Su scolded the talkative Su Ronger, she turned to Prime Minister Su Zuo and gave him a look that said everything had been done.
Prime Minister Su Zuo did not respond to Mrs. Su, but raised the corners of his mouth slightly, indicating that he acquiesced in what Mrs. Su had done.
After General Mighty finished his greetings with Prime Minister Su Zuo, he drank a few glasses of wine toasted by other officials, and finally got free to chat with Su Taoyao, who was only across the aisle from him.
He held the wine glass and said in a polite manner, thinking he was "gentle and polite": "Miss Su, Lei has heard about your previous engagement with General Ling Yun. Your deep affection for General Ling is admirable."
When he was talking to Su Taoyao, he turned half of his body sideways and crossed the narrow aisle in the middle. He was less than two steps away from Su Taoyao.
Su Taoyao was not used to being so close to her husband, so she moved inside and said unnaturally: "General Mighty's words are serious. My little girl has grown up with General Ling's childhood sweetheart. This is what I should do."
"Hey, there are few women like Miss Su in the world. You are so humble. Come and have a drink. Lei Mou will toast to you alone!"
The mighty general said and raised the wine glass to Su Taoyao.
"this……"
Su Taoyao wanted to say that she was too drunk, but when she turned her head, she found Mrs. Su staring at her. Her eyes contained a warning, telling her not to disrespect the mighty general.
She had no choice but to frown and drink the wine filled by the little maid next to her.
General Mighty was very happy to see her drinking. He poured himself another glass and said, "Speaking of which, General Ling and I are still old friends. When he was besieged in an isolated city on the border two years ago, it was I who led three thousand elites to break through.
The enemy's encirclement helped him win the battle.
In this way, General Ling and I can be regarded as life-and-death friends, so Miss Su doesn’t have to be so disrespectful to me and call me General Mighty. Just call me Brother Lei. Today I have the chance to get acquainted with Miss Su, Lei.
I’m very happy too!”
As he said this, he raised his glass again and wanted to have a drink with Su Taoyao.
This wine was too strong. After Su Taoyao drank the first two glasses on an empty stomach, she had already gained some stamina, and her cheeks slowly turned red.
She asked Mrs. Su next to her for help, meaning that she really couldn't drink anymore, but Mrs. Su lowered her voice and said, "General Mighty is a guest of your father and the third prince. Don't disturb his interest."
Su Taoyao had no choice but to force a smile and say to General Mighty: "You are General Mighty. My little girl cannot call you such an unruly name."
After saying that, I could only bite the bullet and finish the third glass of wine.
But in the eyes of Ling Fei, who couldn't hear the conversation on the other side, it turned into Su Taoyao having a drink with General Weiwu, and she accepted General Weiwu's toast without rejecting it.
So eager to seduce a new man so quickly? Doesn’t she know that the mighty general was Ling Yun’s rival in the court for many years?